Only cardinals under the age of 80, who are male and Catholic, are allowed to vote in the election of the new pontiff.

They don’t have a vote in the pope’s election, but nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female Catholic orders met in Rome on ...

With the passing of Pope Francis, the Roman Catholic Church is preparing to choose its next spiritual leader, a decision that ...

Sweden's first cardinal, Anders Arborelius, is a convert to Catholicism in the overwhelmingly Protestant Scandinavian country ...

US Cardinal Timothy Dolan said on Sunday that President Trump's the posting of the image 'wasn't good' but declined to say ...

ROME — They don’t have a vote in the election of a pope, but nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female religious orders ...

Pope Francis diversified the College of Cardinals more than any of his predecessors, shifting the balance of power away from ...

Nuns sexually assaulted by priests are one of the last Catholic taboos, but with reports of abuse rising, it is a scandal ...

Francis brought the popular archbishop of Manila to Rome to head the Vatican’s missionary evangelization office, which serves the needs of the Catholic Church in much of Asia and Africa.

Robert Harris, the author of Conclave, told Sky News about what he sees as the biggest challenge facing Catholicism as the ...

African outreach was among Pope Francis' legacies, observers say, with numerous visits and a message of mercy inspiring ...